Operation Manual

Working with Graphics, Animation, and Multimedia 41
In this chapter, we’ll continue exploring the pages the Web Wizard
provided—this time looking at images and graphic objects. The focus
will be on how to replace the placeholder images the Wizard installed
with your own images, and how to create new graphic elements.
Graphics in WebPlus
Web Wizards may incorporate several different types of graphic objects
into your publication. You can use the Pointer tool to select, move, and
resize them, just as with text objects.
 On the Home page, click with the Pointer tool on the photo. Try
resizing it by dragging from one corner. Press Ctrl-Z to undo. Now
click in the center and drag it off to one side. Press Ctrl-Z again.
TIP: Watch the HintLine as you drag an object, and it will tell you the
object’s properties.
 Drag the photo to the right so it partially overlaps the “Home
Page” frame. Now click on the photo where it overlaps the frame,
and a blinking cursor appears in the frame. Click again in the same
place—the text edit cursor remains. Now hold down the Alt key
and click. This time, you’ve selected the photo again.
As a general rule, when two or more objects overlap at a particular
point, your first click at that point selects the uppermost object—
typically the one most recently created. Your second click selects the
object below the first, and so on. If one of the objects happens to be a
text frame, use Alt-click to override the text edit cursor.
TIP: You can also employ Alt-click anytime to drag a text frame from
its center.